1970's

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  • apollo 13

    Was the third Apollo mission intended to land on the moon? The craft was successfully launched toward the Moon, but the landing had to be aborted after an oxygen tank ruptured, severely damaging the spacecraft's electrical system. The flight was commanded by James A. Lovell with John L. "Jack" Swigert as Command Module pilot and Fred W. Haise as Lunar Module pilot. Swigert was a late replacement for the original CM pilot Ken Mattingly, who was grounded by the flight surgeon after exposure to Ger

  • first earth day

    Earth day was created to inspire awareness of the Earth’s beauty and its natural environment. It was first held on April 22, 1970 and was focused mainly in the United States. Denis Hayes was the main person that launched the earth day coordination. They picked April 22, because in April it is a time of spring and that is when the Earth is at its most beautiful.

  • aswan high dam

    The Aswan Dam is an embankment dam situated across the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. Since the 1950s, the name commonly refers to the High Dam, which is larger and newer than the Aswan Low Dam, which was first completed in 1902. Following Egypt's independence from the United Kingdom, the High Dam was constructed between 1960 and 1970. It aimed to increase economic production by further regulating the annual river flooding and providing storage of water for agriculture, and later, to generate hydro

  • black power

    Black power- it’s a political slogan .A movement to emphasize racial pride, and social equality for black people, mainly in the United States. Black power is to show belief in anti-racism and racial consciousness among African Americans. The Black Power movement grew out of the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT that had steadily gained momentum through the 1950s and 1960s.

  • EPA

    1. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face , Roberta Flack
    2. Alone Again (Naturally) , Gilbert O'Sullivan
    3. American Pie , Don McLean
    4. Without You , Nilsson
    5. The Candy Man , Sammy Davis Jr.
    6. I Gotcha , Joe Tex
    7. Lean On Me , Bill Withers
    8. Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me , Mac Davis
    9. Brand New Key , Melanie
    10. Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast, Wayne Newton
    11. Let's Stay Together , Al Green
    12. Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) , Looking Glass
    13. Oh Girl , Chi-Lites
    14. Nice to Be With You , Gallery

  • top twenty songs

    1.The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face , Roberta Flack
    2. Alone Again (Naturally) , Gilbert O'Sullivan
    3. American Pie , Don McLean
    4. Without You , Nilsson
    5. The Candy Man , Sammy Davis Jr.
    6. I Gotcha , Joe Tex
    7. Lean On Me , Bill Withers
    8. Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me , Mac Davis
    9. Brand New Key , Melanie
    10. Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast, Wayne Newton
    11. Let's Stay Together , Al Green
    12. Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) , Looking Glass
    13. Oh Girl , Chi-Lites
    14. Nice to Be With You , Gallery

  • kent state massacre

    Kent state shooting-Also known as May, 4 massacre or Kent state massacres. At Kent state university in Kent, Ohio on a Monday, May, 4 1970. The Ohio National Guard fired at unarmed college students of the university. The guards fired 67 bullets in 13 seconds killing four and wounded nine. The students that were fired at were protesting against the American invasion of Cambodia. Others that were shot had nothing to do with the protesting.

  • earth shoes

    Were an unconventional style of shoe invented in the 1970s in Scandinavia by Danish shoe designer Anna Kalsø.[1] Unlike most other shoes, the soles were thick and the heels were thin (Negative Heel Technology), so wearing them one walked heel-downward. The advertisements said that it was like walking on the beach, where one's footprints are this way. Foot experts claimed the shoes were actually pretty bad for the wearer. One study found that the shoes caused severe pain and cramping and one expe

  • mood rings

    The mood rings went along with the pet rocks, they were on of the biggest knick knacks of the 70’s, and how did they work? They had a heat sensitive encased in quartz and as the body temperature changed the ring changed colors. How could u tell what it meant? Golden yellow: tense
    Blue: you are happy, Purple: moody, Black: sad, Reddish brown: insecure, Clear: meant that your ring was a fake, Green: easily amused. Who was responsible for these amazing rings that everyone wanted? It was invented by

  • rubiks cube

    The Rubik’s Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974[1] by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the "Magic Cube",[2] the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980[3] and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that year. As of January 2009, 350 million cubes have sold worldwide [4][5] making it the world's top-selling puzzle game.[6][7] It is widely considered to be the world's best-selling toy

  • beatles break up

    August 27, 1970, may be the most tragic and depressing days for many young and old Americans. The popular rock group The Beatles, had decided to split up and break the band up. This infamous quote by Paul McCartney was said April 10, 1970, when he decided to leave the musical group The Beatles, “I have no further plans to record or appear with The Beatles again.” That quote tore many Americans hearts apart; many people were devastated and concerned about what would happen next. The Beatles could

  • pet rocks

    April 1975, Dahl was in a bar (which is now Beauregard Vineyards Tasting room in Bonny Doon) listening to his friends complain about their pets. This gave him the idea for the perfect "pet": a rock.[1] A rock would not need to be fed, walked, bathed, groomed and would not die, become sick, or be disobedient. He said they were to be the perfect pets, and joked about it with his friends.[2] However, he eventually took the idea seriously, and went home and drafted an "instruction manual" for a pet

  • sea monkeys

    Monkeys were originally marketed in 1957 by Harold von Braunhut as Instant Life, though Braunhut changed the name to "Sea-Monkeys" in May 1962. Braunhut also invented X-Ray glasses. Sea-Monkeys were known for their exaggerated advertisements and packaging, which featured smiling anthropomorphic creatures which were strictly for marketing (originally drawn by Joe Orlando) and bore little resemblance to their true appearance.[2] Sea-Monkeys were bred for their larger size and longer lifespan than

  • smiley/happy face

    , (☺/☻) is a stylized representation of a smiling human face. It is commonly represented as a yellow (many other colors are also used) circle (or sphere) with two black dots representing eyes and a black arc representing the mouth. “Smiley” is also sometimes used as a generic term for any emoticon

  • streaking

    Streaking is the act of running nude through a public place. It is a light-hearted form of exhibitionism and public nudity not intended to shock but, rather, to amuse onlookers.

  • loon pants

    (shortened from "balloon pants") were one type of bell-bottomed trousers. They flared more from the knee than typical bell-bottoms, in which more of the entire leg was flared.They could be seen worn occasionally by the go-go dancers on the British TV music variety show Ready Steady Go! in 1966. They were a popular fashion, and could initially only be bought via catalog from a company in Britain which advertised in the back of the New Musical Express.[citation needed] They were usually worn with

  • platform shoes

    Platform shoes-(also known as Disco Boots) are shoes, boots, or sandals with thick soles at least four inches in height, often made of cork, plastic, rubber, or wood (wooden-soled platform shoes are technically also clogs ). They have been worn in various cultures since ancient times for fashion or for added height.

  • leisure pants

    Leisure suits-A leisure suit is a casual suit consisting of a shirt-like jacket and matching trousers, [1] often associated with American-influenced fashion and fads of the 1970s. The leisure suit became associated in popular culture with bars, gangsterism, and conversely, with clueless dressing - the adventure game Leisure Suit Larry being an example. A sub-genre of the leisure suit culture is the "full Cleveland", a leisure suit combined with a white belt and white dress shoes

  • SSI

    Supplemental Security Income (or SSI) is a United States government program that provides stipends to low-income people who are either aged (65 or older), blind, or disabled.[1] Although administered by the Social Security Administration,[2] SSI is funded from the U.S. Treasury general funds,[1] not the Social Security trust fund. SSI was created in 1974 to replace federal-state adult assistance programs that served the same purpose. The restructuring of these programs was intended to standardiz

  • hot pants

    Categorized as "short shorts", they commonly have an inseam length of two inches or less. These are short, tight shorts, usually made of cotton, nylon, or some other common material. They are meant to emphasize the buttocks and the legs. Launched by fashion designer Mary Quant during the "Swinging London" scene of the mid 1960s,[5] hot pants were very popular up to the early 1970s

  • disco

    Disco is a genre of dance music. Its popularity peaked during the middle to late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Disco was used as a reaction by New York City's gays as well as blacks, Latinos and heterosexuals against both the domination of rock music and the demonisation of dance music by the counterculture during this period. Women embraced disco a

  • clogs

    Clogs-A clog is a type of footwear traditionally worn by workers as protective clothing in factories, mines and farms. Traditional clogs are shoes or sandals made of wood, and are associated with the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden. A clog can also be a special kind of shoe worn while clog-dancing (clogging). Some clogs come with heels, and are usually distinguished from mules by their higher vamp.

  • the munich massacre

    The Munich massacre is an informal name for events that occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Bavaria in southern West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually murdered by the Islamic terrorist group Black September.Members of Black September contended that Yasser Arafat’s Fatah organization secretly endorsed the operation. Fatah, however, disputed the accusation. Black September called the operation "Ikrit and Biram",[8] after two Christi

  • watergate scandal

    The Watergate scandal was a political scandal during the 1970s in the United States resulting from the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. Effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of the President of the United States, Richard Nixon, on August 9, 1974, the first and only resignation of any U.S. President. It also resulted in the indictment, trial, conviction and incarceration of several Nixon administrati

  • HBO

    immediately afterwards, an NHL hockey game from Madison Square Garden featuring the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks. In addition to its U.S. subscriber base, HBO also HBO launched- on November 8 1972 HBO was launched. HBO, Home Box Office, is an American premium cable television network, owned by Time Warner. “The Green Channel" became "Home Box Office". HBO began using a network of microwave relay towers to distribute its programming.[4][5][6] The first program and film broadcast o

  • richard nixon

    Nixon visits china-U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. It marked the first time a U.S. president had visited the PRC, who at that time considered the U.S. one of its staunchest foes. The visit has become a metaphor for an unexpected or uncharacteristic action by a politician

  • M*A*S*H T.V. show premiers

    M*A*S*H T.V. Show Premiers (1972): The first episode of the extremely popular TV series MASH aired on CBS on September 17, 1972. The concept of the MASH storyline was thought up by Dr. Richard Hornberger. Under the pseudonym "Richard Hooker," Dr. Hornberger wrote the book MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors (1968) which was based on his own experiences as a surgeon in the Korean War. In 1970, the book was turned into a movie, also called MASH, which was directed by Robert Altman and starred D

  • abortions legal to the US

    Abortions performed prior to the third trimester are legal in the United States, although the issue has polarized mainstream political parties. Almost all state Democratic Party platforms support abortion while almost all state Republican Party platforms oppose it.

  • sears towers

    Sears tower built-The Sears Tower is 1,454 feet tall. It even reaches 1,707 feet if you include the two antennas that are each over two hundred feet tall. The Sears Tower has 110 stories in its complex.
    The Sears Tower is located on Wacker Drive in Chicago, Illinois. At the time, constructing the famous building was very helpful because many people were in need of office space. The Sears Tower had a lot of space to offer too. When it was finished being built, the Sears Tower was filled with

  • song of the year

    Behind Closed Doors" - Kenny O'Dell

  • UPC bar codes comes to US

    UPC Barcodes are generally used to track products in the retail industry. The Universal Product Code (UPC) has been used in the US and Canada since 1973. PrecisionID's UPC Barcode Font Software can create UPC-A, UPC-E, UCC-12, EAN-8, EAN-13, ISBN, Bookland, and JAN barcodes. For EAN-14 Barcodes see PrecisionID's Interleaved 2 of 5 Barcode Software or Code 128 barcode software. For UCC128 or EAN128 barcodes, see the PrecisionID Code 128 Barcode solution.

  • US vice president resigns

    Less than a year before Richard M. Nixon's resignation as president of the United States, Spiro Agnew becomes the first U.S. vice president to resign in disgrace. The same day, he pleaded no contest to a charge of federal income tax evasion in exchange for the dropping of charges of political corruption. He was subsequently fined $10,000, sentenced to three years probation, and disbarred by the Maryland court of appeals.

  • the war powers act

    The War Powers Resolution, generally known as the War Powers Act, was passed by Congress over President Nixon's veto to increase congressional control over the executive branch in foreign policy matters, specifically in regard to military actions short of formally declared war. Its central provision prohibited the President from engaging in military actions for more than sixty days, unless Congress voted approval

  • paul getty kidnapped

    England, and at 3am on 10 July 1973, Getty was kidnapped in the Piazza Farnese in Rome.A ransom note was received,demanding $17 million in exchange for his safe return. When that ransom message arrived, some family members suspected the kidnapping was merely a ploy by the rebellious youngster as he had frequently joked about staging his own kidnapping to extract money from his frugal grandfather. He was blindfolded and imprisoned in a mountain hideout.

  • • OPEC doubles price of oil

    In the early 1970s, Saudi Arabia and Iran both surpassed Venezuela to become the world’s two largest exporters, while the U.S.’s share of world oil production dropped from one-third to one-quarter between 1970 and 1973. Meanwhile, energy consumption in the United States, Western Europe and Japan, continued to rise. On October 16, 1973, the Gulf members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided to unilaterally raise the price of their oil by more than 70 percent,

  • superbowl

    minnosota vikings vs. miami dolphins. winner- dolphins

  • patty hearst kidnapped

    (born February 20, 1954), now known as Patricia Campbell Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper heiress, socialite, actress, kidnap victim, and convicted bank robber. On February 4, 1974 the 19 year old were kidnapped. When the attempt to swap Hearst for jail the SLA members failed.

  • US president nixon resigns

    was the 37th president. He resigned in 1974. He was a navy lieutenant commander in the United States in 1945. After world war ll a group of whitter Republicans approached Nixon for a seat in the United States House of Representatives.

  • national speed limits 55

    the national max speed law was a provision of the 1974. The law was widely disregarded by motorists and most states subversively opposed the law. Actions ranged from proposing deals for exemption to minimizing speed limit enforcement.

  • song of the year

    Like Makin' Love" - Eugene McDaniels

  • world series

    oakland athletic vs. los angeles. winner-oakland

  • • Freedom of Information Act passed over Ford’s veto

    President Gerald R. Ford wanted to sign the Freedom of Information Act strengthening amendments passed by Congress 30 years ago, but concern about leaks (shared by his chief of staff Donald Rumsfeld and deputy Richard Cheney) and legal arguments that the bill was unconstitutional (marshaled by government lawyer Antonin Scalia, among others) persuaded Ford to veto the bill, according to declassified documents posted today by the National Security Archive to mark the 30th anniversary of the veto o

  • gerald ford pardons nixon

    On September 8, 1974, one month after President Richard Nixon resigned the presidency amid the Watergate scandal, his successor, President Gerald R. Ford, announced his decision to grant Nixon a full pardon for any crimes he may have committed while in office.

  • girls allowed to play in little league baseball

    • A ruling by Sylvia Pressler, hearing examiner for the New Jersey Civil Rights Division on Nov. 7, 1973, was later upheld in the Superior Court, leading to Little League Baseball's admittance of girls into its programs.

  • superbowl

    steelers vs vikings winner-steelers

  • song of the year

    “Send in the Clowns,” Stephen Sondheim

  • best picture

    One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

  • Saigon falls to communism

    Saigon fell to communism in April 30 1975. This was the day South Vietnam lost the war against the north. The north won over by attacking the south capital, Saigon. North Vietnam had occupied the important points

  • microsoft founded

    Microsoft was formed soon after the introduction of the Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems. In a letter to Alan Bill Gates uses the Microsoft name from their partnership. They both signed an agreement. Over the years the pc has changed from a hobbyist’s toy to an indispensable tool that can change the world

  • Computerized Supermarket checkouts begin to appear

    The system was invented by Dr. Howard Schneider. There is considerable technology, both electronic and software (artificial intelligence) involved in the operation of the machines. For example, the main reason the Optimal Robotics self-checkout system, based on Schneider's patents, did so well compared to the other model on the market at the time, e.g., the Check Robot model marketed by IBM in the 1990s

  • Arthur Ashe First Black Man to Win Wimbledon

    he was the first African American to win the tennis championship. He won against jimmy Conner in the four sets. He kept his cool and broke conners serve in the ninth inning.

  • Catalytic convertors introduced on cars

    the catalytic converter was invented by Eugene houdry French mechanical engineer and expert in catalytic oil refining. Who lived in the U.S. Around 1950, when the results of early studies of smog in Los Angeles were published, Houdry became concerned about the role of automobile exhaust in air pollution and founded a special company, Oxy-Catalyst, to develop catalytic converters for gasoline engines — an idea ahead of its time for which he was awarded a patent.

  • james riddle hoffa disapears

    James Riddle Hoffa disappeared from the parking lot of a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan restaurant. Hoffa was born in February, 1913 in Brazil, Indiana, a small farming town in west-central Indiana. He dropped out of school early and became the family's breadwinner after the death of his father. He found work in Lake Orion, Michigan in a tough warehouse, the place where he would first earn his reputation as street fighter and a man willing to stand up to management.

  • A President Ford assassination attempt (2)

    president ford was the 38th president of the United States. He served president in august 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977. He lived longer than any other president and died at the age of 93. Two of his assassination was three weeks of each other. One in Sacramento, California on September 5, 1975. A colt 45. Hand gun was pointed at him. The second attempt happened when he was leaving St. Francis hotel in downtown, San Francisco. A lady with a 38. Caliber revolver pointed the gun at him, just before

  • Francisco Franco dies

    he was the son of a naval postmaster. He was born in Spain. He graduated to the Toledo military.franco supported the dictator ship. Franco announced in 1969 that on his death he would be replaced by Juan Carlos, the grandson of Spain's last ruling king. Francisco Franco died on 20th November 1975 and within two years almost every vestige of his dictatorship had disappeared

  • world series

    cinncinati reds vs. boston red soxs winner- reds

  • Nadia Comaneci given seven perfect tens

    Nadia Elena Comăneci (Romanian pronunciation: ; born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian gymnast, winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the first gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is also the winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She is one of the best-known gymnasts in the world . In 2000 Comăneci was named as one of the athletes of the century by the Laureus World Sports Academy.

  • superbowl

    Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys
    Winner: STEELERS

  • Betamax VCR’s released

    The first stand-alone Sony Betamax VCR in the United States, the SL-7200, came on the market in February 1976 priced at $1295. This unit sold much better than the previous TV/VCR combo LV-1901. The external clock to turn the unit on and off at preset times was an optional accessory

  • North and south Vietnam join to form the socialist republic of Vietnam

    On April 23, 1975, President Gerald Ford told the American people: "Today Americans can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam. But it cannot be achieved by refighting a war that is finished." Two days later. President Thieu, accusing the United States of betrayal, resigned and left the country. He was quickly followed by other South Vietnamese leaders and the remaining American advisers.

  • Legionnaire’s disease strikes 182, kills 19

    Legionnaires' disease was first recognized as a distinct entity during an epidemic of pneumonia that occurred in Philadelphia, in the summer of 1976. About 4,000 members of the Pennsylvania

  • apple launched

    The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 at a price of US$666.66, because Wozniak liked repeating digits and because they originally sold it to a local shop for $500 and added a one-third markup. About 200 units were produced. Unlike other hobbyist computers of its day, which were sold as kits, the Apple I was a fully assembled circuit board containing about 60+ chips. However, to make a working computer, users still had to add a case, power supply transformers, power switch, ASCII keyboard, and co

  • Entebbe Air Raid

    • Operation Entebbe was a hostage-rescue mission carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on 4 July 1976. A week earlier, on 27 June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists and supporters and flown to Entebbe, near Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Shortly after landing, all non-Jewish passengers were released. • West Point admits women- On October 8, 1975 , the President of the United

  • Karen Ann Quinlan

    When she was 21, Quinlan became unconscious after arriving home from a party. She had consumed diazepam, dextropropoxyphene, and alcohol. After she collapsed and stopped breathing twice for 15 minutes or more, the paramedics arrived and took Karen Ann to the hospital, where she lapsed into a persistent vegetative state. After she was kept alive on a ventilator for several months without improvement, her parents requested the hospital discontinue active care and allow her to die. The hospital ref

  • Red Dye # 2 is Banned

    Red Dye Amaranth, Red Dye #2 is a dark red to purple azo dye once used as a food dye and to color cosmetics, but since 1976 it has been banned in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as it is a suspected carcinogen. It usually comes as a trisodium salt. Scientists said that it was known to cause cancer.

  • Mao Tse-tung dies

    December 26, 1893 - September 9, 1976: Age 82, have a Russian-made coffin created for Sun Yat-sen in 1925 but never used (Sun was entombed in a more traditional manner in Nanjing), but it was too small for Mao's 1.8-meter height. Chinese Embassy employees in Moscow were sent to covertly photograph Lenin's remains and fax the picture back to Beijing. Several different factories were secretly charged with designing and building a suitable casket of crystal.

  • West Point admits women

    On October 8, 1975 , the President of the United States signed into law a bill directing that women would be admitted to America ’s service academies. The law stated that:the Secretaries of the military departments concerned shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to insure that (1) female individuals shall be eligible for appointment and admission to the service academy concerned, beginning in calendar year 1976, and (2) “the academic and other relevant standards required fo

  • sorld series

    Cincinnati Reds vs. new york yankees
    winner- reds

  • best picture

    Rocky

  • song of the year

    Afternoon Delight" - Bill Danoff

  • super bowl

    oakland raiders vs. Minnesota Vikings
    winner- raiders

  • Vernacular of the decade

    Vernacular of the decade
    • Boogie
    • Keep on truckin
    • Right-on!
    • What it is
    • Boss

  • song of the year

    Hotel California" - Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey

  • best picture

    Annie Hall

  • star wars movie released

    Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year intervals. Sixteen years after the release of the trilogy's final film, the first in a new prequel trilogy of films was released, again at three-year intervals, with the final film released on May 19, 2005

  • Alaskan Pipeline completed

    • The Trans Alaska Pipeline System was designed and constructed to move oil from the North Slope of Alaska to the northern most ice-free port in Valdez, Alaska. It was 800 miles long. It crosses three mountain ranges and over 800 rivers and streams. It cost to $8 billion to make in 1977, largest privately funded construction project at that time. Construction began on March 27, 1975 and was completed on May 31, 1977. Over 15 billion barrels have moved through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System.

  • Miniseries Roots Airs

    • Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's work Roots: The Saga of an American Family. Roots received 36 Emmy Award nominations, winning nine; it also won a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award. It received unprecedented Nielsen ratings with the finale still standing as the third-highest rated U.S. television program ever. It was shot on a budget of $6 million. A sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, was broadcast in 1979, and a second sequel, Roots: The Gift, was produced

  • Neutron bomb funding began

    • On June 6, 1977 the Washington Post printed a story with the provocative title “Neutron Killer Warhead Buried in ERDA Budget.” Thus began a year-long controversy on the subject of what are technically called enhance-radiation weapons, but what the press, the public, and the diplomatic community came to know simply as the Neutron Bomb. The issue – whether or not the United States should produce and deploy in NATO and particularly in West Germany.

  • New York City blackout

    • The New York City Blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City from July 13, 1977 to July 14, 1977. The blackout was caused by a series of lightning strikes. Looting and vandalism were widespread, especially in the African American and Puerto Rican communities, hitting 31 neighborhoods, including every poor neighborhood in the city. Thirty-five blocks of Broadway were destroyed: 134 stores looted, 45 of them set ablaze

  • first black miss universe

    • Miss Universe 1977, the 26th annual Miss Universe pageant was held at the National Theater, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on July 16, 1977. 24-year-old Janelle Commissiong earned Trinidad & Tobago its first Miss Universe crown as well as becoming the first black woman to win the title.

  • elvis found dead

    In Baptist Hospital, Memphis, on August 16, 1977.Elvis Aaron Presley was pronounced dead by his personal physician, Dr. George Nichopoulos. The pronouncement was final. Yet, for the thousands of yarning souls thronged outside the hospital it brought in shock and disbelief. The disbelief that is still being nurtured by many across the world. Not yet ready to believe that the death has brought such an abrupt end to their so beloved idol. Elvis had suffered irregular heartbeat which the medicos cal

  • President Carter pardons Vietnam Draft Dodgers

    • U.S. President Jimmy Carter grants an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War. In total, some 100,000 young Americans went abroad in the late 1960s and early 70s to avoid serving in the war. Ninety percent went to Canada, where after some initial controversy they were eventually welcomed as immigrants. For its part, the U.S. government continued to prosecute draft evaders after the Vietnam War ended. If they returned home, those living i

  • world series

    new york yankees vs. los angeles dodgers
    winner-yankees

  • superbowl

    dallas cowboys vs. denver broncos
    winner-dallas

  • song of the year

    Just the Way You Are" - Billy Joel

  • best picture

    The Deer Hunter

  • Atlantic City permits gambling

    In an effort at revitalizing the city, New Jersey voters in 1976 approved casino gambling for Atlantic City; this came after a 1974 referendum on legalized gambling failed to pass. Immediately after the legislation passed, the owners of the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel began converting it into the Resorts International. It was the first legal casino in the eastern United States when it opened on May 26, 1978. Other casinos were soon constructed along the Boardwalk and, later, in the marina distri

  • first test tube baby born

    On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world's first successful "test-tube" baby was born in Great Britain. Though the technology that made her conception possible was heralded as a triumph in medicine and science, it also caused many to consider the possibilities of future ill-use

  • Camp David accords for Middle East Peace

    The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, following thirteen days of secret negotiations at Camp David. The two framework agreements were signed at the White House, and were witnessed by United States President Jimmy Carter. The second of these frameworks, A Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel, led directly to the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, and resulted in Sadat

  • world series

    newyork yankees vs. los angeles dodgers
    winner- yankees

  • jonestown massacre

    Jonestown was the informal name for the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, an intentional community in northwestern Guyana formed by the Peoples Temple, a cult led by Jim Jones. It became internationally notorious when, on November 18, 1978, 918 people died in the settlement as well as in a nearby airstrip and in Georgetown, Guyana's capital. The name of the settlement became synonymous with the incidents at those locations. A total of 909 Temple members died in Jonestown, all but two from app

  • Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island

    • The accident at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI 2) nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pa., on March 28, 1979, was the most serious in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history, even though it led to no deaths or injuries to plant workers or members of the nearby community. But it brought about sweeping changes involving emergency response planning, reactor operator training, human factors engineering, radiation protection, and many other areas of nuclear power plant operations.

  • song of the year

    : I Will Survive" - Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren

  • Ayatollah Khomeini Returns as Leader of Iran

    • Religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini has made a triumphant return to Iran after 14 years in exile. Up to five million people lined the streets of the nation's capital, Tehran, to witness the homecoming of the Shia Muslim imam. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, 78, was imprisoned by the Shah in 1963 for his opposition to reforms and was expelled the following year, to Iraq - via Turkey. The Ayatollah - a title meaning Sign of God - emerged from his chartered plane looking tired and tearful to meet th

  • Margaret Thatcher First Woman Prime Minister of Great Britain

    • Europe’s first woman prime minister. The only British prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms and, at the time of her resignation, Britain’s longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827, she accelerated the evolution of the British economy from statism to liberalism and became, by personality as much as achievement, the most renowned British political leader since Winston Churchill.

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  • Sony Introduces the Walkman

    • The world took a big step towards the iPod generation when Sony introduced the Walkman in 1979. The device was not particularly advanced - portable tape recorders had existed for decades - but it was an advance in marketing. The Walkman was not promoted to professional journalists, like most portable tape recorders were at the time; it was promoted to ordinary consumers.It was a music player first and foremost; it had no record function.The concept was a winner. Since its introduction, Sony ha

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    • As I suggested last time, the Moral Majority was a precursor to the Christian Coalition. The Moral Majority had it's origins in the Thomas Roads Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia where Jerry Falwell was the pastor. Falwell first came to national attention through his television ministry "The Old Time Gospel Hour." Building on a base of support among conservative evangelicals, Falwell proposed to launch a Moral Majority "to take back" America and restore it to its Christian roots. In many w

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  • The Greensboro Massacre

    • "On November 3, 1979, at the corner of Carver and Everett Streets, black and white demonstrators gather to march through Greensboro, North Carolina, a legal demonstration against the Ku Klux Klan. A caravan of Klansmen and Nazis pull up to the protesters and open fire “Eighty-eight seconds later, five demonstrators lie dead and ten others wounded from the gunfire, recorded on camera by four TV stations. Four women have lost their husbands; three children have lost their fathers."After two crim

  • Iran Takes American Hostages in Tehran

    • The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two US citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamic students and militants took over the Embassy of the United States in support of the Iranian Revolution.